Blogs from West Greenland, Greenland, North America - page 4

Vi havde fornøjelsen af at kramme over 40 af vores familie, venner og naboer til åbent hus på gården i Tølløse for en måned siden. Herefter fulgte et par hektiske dage med flytning og rengøring, inden vi rekreerede hos Anders' kusine i Nordrup før afrejse 7. marts. Vores rengøringsiver i lejligheden har måske gjort udslaget for en tidligere udlejning end forventet 1. maj. Allerede per 1. april er nye lejere rykket ind i 16F, og den ekstra måneds husleje retur rækker måske til en rejse til Sydgrønland her i forsommeren... Kangerlussuaq blev første møde med Grønland, hvor Dorte og Emil fra Anders' familie bød os velkommen i lufthavnen på deres sviptur til området. Herfra gennet ind i et 20 personers fly videre langs fastlandet sydpå mod Nuuk. Fra flyets venstre side snor det enorme islandskab sig ... read more

An unexpected surprise today. Originally we had a nine hour boat trip planned to Eqi glacier. A different glacier 100km or so north of Ilulissat. The front of the glacier in Ilulissat is invisible on account of all the icebergs in front of it. Eqi calves into an open bay so the face of the glacier is visible. Unfortunately the boat had broken down the previous day, stranding that day’s passengers so nine hours of boat ride were avoided and swapped with a Sikorsky helicopter ride to the same glacier. The inside of the helicopter was like an airplane and except for the noise it was remarkably smooth and steady. Eqi is truly remote. (There are no roads between towns in Greenland.) This trip wasn’t on the tourist menu (but it should be). 25 minute flight ... read more

We spend the morning walking around central Reykjavik in the rain. It is really just a big village; maybe 200,000 people live in the metropolitan area but the inner city/down town area is tiny and very walk able. More on Iceland later when we return after 3 days in Ilulissat. We have a 12.45 flight to Greenland, which departs from the domestic (little) airport, which is literally on the edge of the CBD. Maybe a five minute bus trip? Possibly the most disorganized airport in the world! Arriving in Ilulissat mid-afternoon and the clouds clear for the first time since Oslo over a week ago. The plane is flying over the Ilulissat ice fjord – 100km of icebergs discharged from a huge glacier, that get trapped at the mouth of the fjord for years because it ... read more

Greenland, we went to a BBQ. I had fish, whale, lamb and bread. We went on a boat. It was long. We saw a whale. I think it was a killer whale. We played hide and seek. We went to a cliff where there was icebergs and played. We went on a hike. We saw a lot of dogs. I bought a stuffed animal dog. We gave it flowers on the hike. We saw icebergs. It was fun - Sofia Journal Entry Aug 4&5 _____________________________________________________________________________________________ After 2 great days in Iceland, it was time to go to my 50th country/territory - Greenland. Daddy said that not many people travel there and not too many people even live there. He had told me that Greenland had a lot of ice and Iceland had a lot of green, ... read more

Weekenden stod i vinterens tegn med forventet skitur, scooterræs, langrendsløb og slædebyg. Super hyggelig weekend med familien og dejlige folk her oppe nordpå hvor træer er ikkeeksisterende og solen kræver polarbriller. Sidder her i sofaen efter en weekend spækket med gode oplevelser. Sisimiut står denne weekend i ACR tegn - og starten gik fredag formiddag i det smukkeste solskinsvejr. Forude venter 3 dages 160 km langrend for de seje deltagere med kuperet terræn, tilsat rigelig stejle nedkørsler. Lørdag inviterede Kristoffer på en tur med hundene, så Sebbi og jeg iførte os så mange lag på lag, at det var en kunst vi overhovedet kunne bevæge os. Efter at have rigget slæden til og klargjort hundene startede turen på et par timer i behagelige -10 gr. Sebbi var en mønster-medkører, og gjorde helt som han fik besked ... read more